From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RzFij-0004Ns-B0 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:59:05 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9C82AE09F3; Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:58:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ee0-f53.google.com (mail-ee0-f53.google.com [74.125.83.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9236CE098F for ; Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:57:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eeke51 with SMTP id e51so2072167eek.40 for ; Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:57:56 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of emailgrant@gmail.com designates 10.213.29.207 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.213.29.207; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of emailgrant@gmail.com designates 10.213.29.207 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=emailgrant@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=emailgrant@gmail.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.213.29.207]) by 10.213.29.207 with SMTP id r15mr1772519ebc.53.1329692276928 (num_hops = 1); Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:57:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=sknDvGlOCUJpsYVTU2BrRL8Cy7i6/mPe6iG+/ZztXq4=; b=tb+ZkGCRMBiRgF5SdHCi8VgFsXxzfu+ovMFjclNigmDFB91RDPxGO2yFWe19gxQNSC 4cl7Q8pPLzYTsBSOja6X08400CxekmOglgxNxJEjRvzHs3ztS7v1JW4D+aA7I5KXItV5 rr8I/7aV2Xd41CxGCkgIdUYHUKZvMpdCZ9N9o= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.213.29.207 with SMTP id r15mr1395917ebc.53.1329692276838; Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:57:56 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.213.106.20 with HTTP; Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:57:56 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4F4162E8.8070006@xunil.at> References: <4F4162E8.8070006@xunil.at> Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:57:56 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Anybody using lightdm? From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: a36b137d-cceb-4c12-8162-89736c839a40 X-Archives-Hash: 69ba91d8cafb060f65123651a2817f5a >> I switched to SLiM and I like it but I wish there were a way to >> restart and/or shutdown from the login screen. =A0I had to emerge xterm >> to make it work BTW. > > Could someone point out what is bad about gdm? > Does it matter that much? > > What advantages does it have to use lightdm/slim/something else? > > Does it matter on modern powerful machines? Less packages to merge? I'm interested to hear anyone else's opinion on this. I thought it came down to fewer dependencies, slightly lower use of system resources, and a simpler and less cluttered interface. - Grant